Amicus curiae
Amicus curiae (plural amici curiae)
is a legal Latin phrase, literally
translated as "friend of the
court", that refers to someone,
not a party to a case, who volunteers
to offer information on a point
of law or some other aspect of the
case to assist the court in deciding
a matter before it. The information
may be a legal opinion in the form
of a brief - testimony that has
not been solicited by any of the
parties - or a learned treatise
on a matter that bears on the case.
The decision whether to admit the
information lies with the discretion
of the court.
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